Comedian is the most famous artwork by Maurizio Cattelan, an Italian artist who had a retrospective at the Guggenheim in 2011, and whose auction record, set in 2016, stands at $17.2 million. In most ...

Cattelan unveiled the project to the public in 2019 at Art Basel in Miami, where three editions of it sold for $120,000 and $150,000. More: Brooke Shields tapes banana to her face; more stars ...